da casino： Former Indian all rounder Manoj Prabhakar
Staff and Agencies04-Jul-2001* Arrested Prabhakar in hospitalFormer Indian all rounder Manoj Prabhakar. arrested in connection witha cheating case and admitted to a private clinic following a suspectedbrain stroke was on Tuesday remanded to 14 days judicial custody by acourt at Haldwani.The judicial magistrate Ashok Kumar visited Prabhakar at the hospitaland ordered that a medical report of the former cricketer be sent tothe court on a daily basis, the Superintendent of Police, NainitalJeevan Chand Padney told PTI over phone on Tuesday.Prabhakar was arrested by the Uttaranchal police from his south Delhioffice on Monday following a non bailable arrest warrant issued by themagistrate in connection with a chit fund company scam case on May 11.Police had alleged that Prabhakar as the director of the company haddefrauded and cheated people while accepting deposits from them.* Chauhan reacts sharply to drug allegationsIndian team manager Chetan Chauhan on Tuesday reacted sharply to anews magazine article that some Indian cricketers had used steroidsand cortisones to enhance their performance.”I can state categorically these players do not take drugs of anyperformance-enhancing type,” said Chauhan. “They may take boosts likeenergiser and other things but these were taken even in my time,” saidChauhan who represented India in 40 Tests from 1969 to 1981. “The teamhas been upset by the allegations and we deny them completely,” hetold a television network.The cover story of the latest issue of ‘Outlook’ alleged that someplayers, including Rahul Dravid, Javagal Srinath and Ajit Agarkar haveresorted to drug-taking in the past. The Indian team deliberated onthe issue on Tuesday morning before entrusting to Chauhan the job ofclearing the position.* Narvekar, three other GCA officials arrested, releasedGoa Cricket Association (GCA) president Dayanand Narvekar and threeother GCA officials were arrested and subsequently released by Margaopolice last evening, police sources said in Panaji on Tuesday.Narvekar, GCA secretary Vinod Phadke, former treasurer Rama Shankardasand a member Vivek Pednekar were arrested under section 336 of IndianPenal Code (IPC) on charges of endangering human lives during theIndia-Australia ODI on April 6, they said. They were subsequentlyreleased on bail bond of Rs 10,000 each, sources said.Narvekar, a former deputy chief minister, Phadke and Shankardas are onbail in another case connected with the fake ticket scam. Achargesheet in the case was likely to be filed by the police thisweek, they said. According to police, around 15,000 ticket holders hadto be denied entry fearing a stampede on the day of the ODI as thestadium was packed to capacity. It had to then resort to a lathicharge to disperse the crowd.